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A Current Affair Infernal Music the Irresistible Bard Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Summer 2016 Vol.36 No.1 Your free copy BEING BELLINCAMPI APO’S NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR STEPS A CURRENT AFFAIR UP TO THE PODIUM Nixon and a new tradition of opera INFERNAL MUSIC Degeneracy in the Third Reich THE IRRESISTIBLE BARD Shakespeare’s mark on music LARRY WILLIAMS | LEIGHTON SMITH | RACHEL SMALLEY | MIKE HOSKING | KERRE MCIVOR | TONY VEITCH | JACK TAME | DANNY WATSON newstalkzb.co.nz 2 apo.co.nzAuckland 89.4FM, Gisborne 945AM, Hamilton 97.0FM, Rotorua 747AM, Taupo 96FM, Tauranga 90.2FM, Tokoroa 1413AM, Wellington 89.3FM, Whangarei 1026AM & Mid North 1215AM & Far North 1026AM APO Programme Ad (210x297).indd 1 21/08/15 9:39 am CONTENTS FRONT DESK Upfront with Barbara Glaser 3 APO News 4 FEATURES Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra PO Box 56024 Dominion Road The Quest for Perfection 8 Making the Civic Shake 13 Auckland 1446 Phone (09) 638 6266 New Music Director Giordano Bellincampi’s The Auckland Dance Project returns Fax (09) 623 5629 vision for the APO Ticket Office (09) 623 1052 Email [email protected] Website apo.co.nz Facebook facebook.com/aporchestra Twitter @aporchestra Instagram aporchestra Phil News Summer 2016 Editor Tiana Lyes Cover Giordano Bellincampi, The CNN Opera 11 The Ire of the Beholder 14 photographed by Benjamin Ealovega Nixon in China and operatic tradition Music condemned by the Third Reich Creative LARRY WILLIAMS | LEIGHTON SMITH | RACHEL SMALLEY | MIKE HOSKING | KERRE MCIVOR | TONY VEITCH | JACK TAME | DANNY WATSON Design Composer at Work 17 Lounge Music 23 Paper Sponsor Meet our new Composer-in-Residence The orchestra live in your living room Phil News printed on Tauro Offset 100gsm; All the World’s a Stage 18 Me & My 25 cover 300gsm Shakespeare’s stamp on our season Tuba – Tak Chun Lai Patrons A Tale of Two Violinists 20 Offstage 26 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE Dame Catherine Tizard, ONZ APO’s new additions share a Evgeny Lanchtchikov opens Sir James Wallace, KNZM common history up his workshop Dame Rosanne Meo, DNZM My Great Listen 21 Vice Patron Conductor and music educator Dame Jenny Gibbs, DNZM Richard Gill Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Board Geraint A. Martin (Chairman) CODA Penelope Peebles (Deputy Chair) Leigh Auton Crescendo News 29 Richard Ebbett Friends News 31 Neil Haines Kieran Raftery Foundation News 31 Eric Renick Concert Calendar 33 Julian Smith newstalkzb.co.nz Auckland 89.4FM, Gisborne 945AM, Hamilton 97.0FM, Rotorua 747AM, Taupo 96FM, Tauranga 90.2FM, Tokoroa 1413AM, Wellington 89.3FM, apo.co.nz 1 Whangarei 1026AM & Mid North 1215AM & Far North 1026AM APO Programme Ad (210x297).indd 1 21/08/15 9:39 am For all that matters in Entertainment Rousing APO programme Vladimir Ashkenazy’s star turn Virtuoso Ning Feng centre-stage New Kario Margetic composition “An energy core for Auckland’s musical activities.” All that matters. nzherald.co.nz From the Chief Executive Image: Adrian Malloch Adrian Image: UPFRONT WITH BARBARA GLASER What makes Auckland one of the world’s most Director Giordano Bellincampi to his new liveable cities? It consistently ranks in the top home. I know that Giordano is very much results in international surveys, and it’s not looking forward to coming back to Auckland, hard to see why; a 20 minute drive in almost and to celebrate he’s pulling out all the stops any direction can take you from the lush green in his first season with us; tackling Strauss’s rural countryside to the buzzing metropolitan heroic showpiece Ein Heldenleben in his centre, or back across to the stunning array of first concert and taking Auckland audiences beaches. But one of the biggest drivers for a on the scenic route to Europe in our Bayleys city to thrive is surely a creative heart, and to Great Classics opener ‘A Grand Tour’ both in that end it makes sense for Auckland’s leading April, all leading up to his APO operatic debut arts organisations to be right there in that heart. with Otello in July. Read all about his vision It’s taken us a long time, but we can finally for his time as Music Director in our cover say that we are the proud new tenants of the story on page 8. In this interview, Giordano’s magnificent Auckland Town Hall, right in the passion almost jumps off the page, but if you heart of the city. The Town Hall has always been want to hear more from our Maestro, I highly the orchestra’s spiritual home, and it’s wonderful recommend joining our Crescendo membership to finally be able to say we really are home. programme, where members will have the Home is a theme that runs throughout our exclusive opportunity to engage with Giordano 2016 season, with some of New Zealand’s and attend rehearsals throughout the year. More exceptional homegrown talent joining the APO information about Crescendo is on page 29. on stage. Opera star Simon O’Neill joins us for We also have a superb line-up of guest our Auckland Arts Festival performance of Nixon artists joining us throughout the season; my in China (together with Kiwi soprano Madeleine personal highlights in the first half of 2016 Pierard) as well as taking on the title role in our have to be our season opener on 18 February, Opera in Concert performance of Verdi’s Otello where we welcome back conductor Christopher in July. We’re also thrilled to have the fabulous Seaman to take on Mahler’s enormous Fifth Topp Twins join us in May for a fun-filled evening Symphony, and Australian cellist Li-Wei of music and entertainment, and our fifth annual Qin, who will play Walton’s Cello Concerto. Auckland Dance Project Ruaumoko showcases Another returning favourite, Mexican conductor some of the finest artistic talent from Atamira Carlos Miguel Prieto will bring the Town Hall Dance Company, composer Gareth Farr and alive with Latin Rhythms in June, featuring soundscape artist Paddy Free, together with classical guitarist Slava Grigoryan and some the full APO and more than 100 students of the most toe-tapping compositions in the from across the city; more information about orchestral repertoire. Ruaumoko is on page 13. And because the We are thrilled to be embarking on this next polite thing to do when you move into a new stage of our journey, musically with Giordano, neighbourhood is say hello to the neighbours, and as part of the central heartbeat of Auckland we’re taking our APO musicians into your with our new home in the city. With so many neighbourhood once again for a three-concert exciting concerts scheduled this season, we series in churches throughout Auckland. The hope you’ll join us at the Town Hall, the home series kicks off with Beethoven’s Septet in of the APO – I’ll be sure to put the kettle on! Takapuna and Pakuranga in May, and an Italian Baroque programme in June, where we visit Howick and Remuera. So, now that we’ve moved in and unpacked, all that is left is to welcome our New Music apo.co.nz 3 APO NEWS Image: Adrian Malloch Adrian Image: APO MAKES TOWN HALL ‘HOME’ The APO has proudly put out the artistically active city centre.” Great Hall. The move cements APO’s welcome mat at the Auckland Town Auckland Mayor Len Brown says position as Auckland’s professional full Hall, after signing a lease to move the move is beneficial to the city. “The time orchestra which makes a major the organisation into the newly Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s contribution to the vibrancy of our vacated office space. After months of exciting move into its very fitting new great city, Ms Glaser says. “We truly negotiations with Auckland Council, home at the Town Hall is something are in the heart of the city now, close the APO shifted premises on 9 Auckland should celebrate,” Len to our audience and our supporters. February, and now occupies Level 1 of Brown says. “Having the orchestra and It’s heartening to see the Council the Town Hall, with the ticketing office administration team finally together and Regional Facilities Auckland accessible on the lower ground level. in one place is an exciting first step acknowledge our role and place in this The move to the Town Hall is the towards a permanent home in the city, and we’re pleased to be a part of first major step towards a long-term Aotea Quarter which is set to become the Council’s vision for a vibrant arts plan to move into a new, permanent, this city’s arts and culture heart.” and cultural scene in Aotea Quarter.” purpose-built facility in Aotea Quarter. Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA) A dedication ceremony on “This has been a shared long term Chief Executive Chris Brooks agrees. 2 February by Te Waka Angamua, vision between APO, Auckland Council “RFA has had a long and valuable Auckland Council's Maori Relations and Auckland Live and the move of association with the APO and this representatives, officially welcomed our administration team into the Town move will mean that we are physically the APO to its new home. Hall is a huge first step that will open much closer and able to work together APO concertgoers will now be up a lot of opportunities for the APO,” more effectively. Aotea Quarter is one able to book and collect tickets from says Barbara Glaser, Chief Executive of the major creative hubs of Auckland the new ticketing office located on the of the APO. “It is the start of a long- and we look forward to welcoming the lower ground floor of the Town Hall, term partnership that will revitalise the APO here.” accessible from the Aotea Square side Aotea precinct and city centre, and The Town Hall already serves as the of the building.
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